We are very pleased to have two new first year fellows starting in July 2010. Our next position will not be open until July 2012. At that point, we intend to accept applications through the ERAS system. We are not accepting any applications between now and then.
FELLOWSHIP IN FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE AND RECONSTRUCTIVE PELVIC SURGERY
MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – AT ATLANTIC HEALTHPROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This fellowship was created in 2005 shortly after the founding of the Atlantic Health System Division of Urogynecology. The program is based out of Morristown Hospital and Overlook Hospital - two large tertiary care hospitals in Northern New Jersey (close to Manhattan). Fellows will have opportunities to develop excellent skills in patient care, research, and education. The program is designed to meet all requirements of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology – and prepare graduates well for careers in academic or private medical practice. An application for ABOG certification will be submitted this summer. Salary and benefits will be those of PGY-5, 6 and 7 within the Atlantic Health System. As such, our program does not submit bills for fellows’ clinical activities. Furthermore, our fellows are not required to take obstetric night call.
The program offers a comprehensive approach to clinical evaluation and management of women with disorders of the pelvic floor including urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, defecatory dysfunction and voiding dysfunction. A balance of surgical and non-surgical management is stressed. Surgical management emphasizes vaginal and laparoscopic minimally invasive techniques – including robotic assisted surgery. Click Here to view highlights of clinical patient volume during 2008. Rotations with other specialties such as urology, geriatrics, & colorectal surgery are in place – occurring at various points throughout the 3-year program.
Our Division has a very active clinical research program, and a full-time clinical research nurse. Fellows are encouraged to develop original research ideas, and we have a strong research infrastructure to support these projects. Formal research training is provided as well – each fellow is required to complete a Masters of Science in Clinical Research through the Drexel University online program. We offer fellows the opportunity to present their research at the scientific meeting of their choice.
Our clinical office space consists of two brand-new facilities (one on each hospital campus). The office and operating room facilities and equipment at both hospital locations are brand new including state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment - urodynamics, diagnostic and operative office-cystoscopy, biofeedback / E-stim, and a database of clinical information that can be used for research. We also have access to the Atlantic Health System Institute of Bioskills Training & Innovations located in the same building as our clinical office at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Our bioskills lab is a state-of-the art facility. We use the lab to host a monthly fresh cadaver surgical anatomy lab as well as numerous "dry lab" laparoscopy teaching sessions. Felllows are given the opportunity to teach resident and attending physicians in these labs and during other various courses and grand rounds situations.
Click Here to view our surgical volumes for 2008.